Where to Send Letters, Magazines, and Books to Someone at RYOCF
RYOCF uses different addresses depending on what you're sending. Getting the right one avoids delays—especially for mail routed through TextBehind scanning.
Send letters, cards, and pictures to this address: RYOCF P.O. Box 189 Phoenix, MD 21131
- ✓ Person’s full name (first and last)
- ✓ DOC number
Mail sent to the Phoenix, Maryland P.O. Box goes through TextBehind processing. It travels to a post office in Phoenix, MD, where TextBehind picks it up on weekdays for scanning. Expect delivery to take longer than regular mail.
Magazines and periodicals go to a different address: RYOCF PO Box 2500 Racine, WI 53404-0002
Heads up: Use the Racine PO Box for magazines. Sending items to the Phoenix, MD TextBehind address adds extra routing and can lengthen delivery time.
- ✓ Person’s full name (first and last)
- ✓ DOC number
Merchandise (property and books) should be sent to: RYOCF 1500 Hamilton Street Racine, WI 53404
This Hamilton Street address is separate from the Phoenix, MD P.O. Box used for TextBehind mail. Anything sent to the Phoenix address gets routed through TextBehind pickup and scanning before USPS delivers it - so using the correct address matters.
- ✓ Person’s full name (first and last)
- ✓ DOC number
- Mail travels to Phoenix, Maryland - it goes to the post office in Phoenix, MD.
- TextBehind picks it up on weekdays - they collect the mail from the Phoenix post office.
- TextBehind opens and copies it - the original is scanned/photocopied.
- Copies are sent back through USPS - TextBehind gives the copies to the U.S. Postal Service for two- to three-day shipping to Wisconsin DOC institutions.
Personal mail routes through Phoenix, MD first, which adds time. After TextBehind processes it, USPS still needs to deliver it - and those timeframes aren't guaranteed.
Keep this in mind: Original contents, envelopes, and any prepaid self-addressed envelopes are shredded 30 days after TextBehind scans them. A third-party service certified by the National Security Agency handles the shredding.
For outgoing non-privileged (non-legal) mail, your loved one must use P.O. Box 189, Phoenix, MD 21131 as the FROM/return address - not the facility's address.
Legal mail and IRS mail work differently. For those, the return address should be the institution address, not the Phoenix P.O. Box.
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